Definition of Sewing-machine operator

1. Noun. Someone who sews by operating a sewing machine.

Generic synonyms: Sewer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sewing-machine Operator

sewer system
sewer water
sewerage
sewerages
sewered
sewering
sewerings
sewerless
sewerlike
sewerman
sewermen
sewers
sewin
sewing
sewing-machine
sewing-machine operator (current term)
sewing-machine stitch
sewing basket
sewing circle
sewing kit
sewing lounge
sewing machine
sewing machines
sewing needle
sewing room
sewing spasm
sewing up
sewings
sewins
sewn

Literary usage of Sewing-machine operator

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Opportunity Monograph: Vocational Rehabilitation Series, No. 1-40. November by United States Division of Vocational Education (1918)
"Sewing-machine adjuster sewing-machine operator, cloth.. sewing-machine operator, leather Shaper operator Shearman Sheet-metal worker Ship and boat, ..."

2. ... Regulation and Restriction of Output by U.S. Bureau of labor, Carroll Davidson Wright (1904)
"The sewing-machine operator now became an important factor in the trade. He was able to do many parts of the work by machine that were formerly done by hand ..."

3. Industrial Education: A Guide to Manual Training by Samuel Gurley Love, Mary R. Willard (1887)
"Much careful practice is necessary to make even a moderately skillful sewing machine operator, and effort should be unsparing for the attainment of this end ..."

4. Industrial Education: A Guide to Manual Training by Samuel Gurley Love (1889)
"Much careful practice is necessary to make even a moderately skillful sewing machine operator, and effort should be unsparing for the attainment of this end ..."

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